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Ibrahim

A boy servant in the Sudan who fetches tamarinds and roots, brews cooling draughts, and helps Feversham nurse Trench through thirteen days of typhus in the zeriba.

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Also known as Trench Ibrahim

First appearance: x the wells of obak

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Ibrahim attaches himself to Feversham's fortunes inside the House of Stone, running errands, buying food, and helping move the feverish Trench from shade to shade as the sun crosses the prison yard. He is practical and…

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